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Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae.

Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae [Work of Praxiteles, Work of Fidias]. With the Lafreri's imprint and date. Published in the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (The ...

$1200 / ≈ €1101
Maker / Publisher: LAFRERI, Antonio.
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1546

 


Panthei Fidelissime Dimensi Exterior et Interior…

The print features the Pantheon in Rome, broken away to show the interior. Complete title : " Panthei Fidelissime Dimensi Exterior et Interior pars ex antiquo romano...

$900 / ≈ €826
Maker / Publisher: LAFRERI, Antonio.
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1553

 


Veterum Monumentorum Studiose Lector.../...Ant Lafreri aenea tabula nunc profert ex antiquo simulachro quod in vaticano adhuc conspicitur exacte effigiata.

The print feaures the Personification of the Nile, reclining, with an Egyptian sphinx and a cornucopia, after a Roman group in the 16th century installed as a fountain in...

$1500 / ≈ €1376
Maker / Publisher: BEATRIZET, Nicolas / LAFRERI, Antonio.
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1573

 


Castello Sancto Angelo di Roma.

The print features the Castello Sant' Angelo in Rome, bound in an album, perhaps from the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae." Copper engraving and published by A...

$1800 / ≈ €1651
Maker / Publisher: LAFRERI, Antonio.
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1573

 


Naumaohiae [sic] id est navalis pugnae ex vetusteis lapidum et nummorum monumenteis graphica deformatio.

Naval engagement set inside an arena, spectators in the stands attending the event; reclining river god and nymphs in the lower part. From "Speculum Romanae Magnific...

$650 / ≈ €596
Maker / Publisher: [DUPÉRAC, Etienne].
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1575

 


Temperance (Temperantia) from The Virtues.

Very decorative engraving by Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp) after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels). The print was published by Hi...

$10000 / ≈ €9172
Maker / Publisher: BREUGHEL, P.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock, 1580

 


Mercurius.

Mercury holding a caduceus and riding in a chariot drawn by two birds on the clouds in the sky, an extensive landscape with a harbor with goods being loaded and unloaded ...

$750 / ≈ €688
Maker / Publisher: DE VOS, M. after
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Imposita saxo Jacob cervice quiescens Aligeros scalas vidit imre choros. Gene[sis] 28

A superb example of this illustration showing a blind Isaac blessing Jacob. Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegan...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Vincula dura Joseph pro falso crimine perfert. Sed deus a falsa hunc suspicione leuat. Gene[sis] 40

A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. Joseph in Jail.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris t...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]

A superb example of this illustration showing Ruth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sac...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Nititur ad vetitos iuuenem compellere amores Putephar, Gene[sis] 39,

A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. Joseph Runs from Potiphar's Wife.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum his...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Oui ex vobis sine peccato est primus in allam Joan 8.

A superb example of this illustration from the New Testament showing Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (often called Pericope Adulterae[a] for short) is a passage (pe...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Multa bona opera ostendi vobis ex Patre meo : propter quod eorum lapidatis me. Joan 10.

A superb example of this illustration from Memorabilium Novi Testamenti in templo gestorum (Events in and around the Temple) (Events in and around the Temple). Christ in ...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur. Joan 10.

A superb example of this illustration from Memorabilium Novi Testamenti in templo gestorum (Events in and around the Temple) (Events in and around the Temple). Christ exp...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


The hanging of the head of police Jean Grauwels in Brussels, 11 february 1569.

Print relating to Brussels during the first decades of the eighty year war between Spain and the Low Countries: (plate 18). This plate shows the hanging of the head of po...

$50 / ≈ €46
Maker / Publisher: HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590

 


Piscantur tevetes sinuato in gargite pices.

This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: STRADANUS, Johannes / GALLE, Ph.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596

 


Sic leporem in laqueos agitnat per aperta fugacem - Gramina, siq canes rapidi sua terga sequutur

This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: STRADANUS, Johannes / GALLE, Ph.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596

 


Sic per secta repens venator consista dumis - Torquet et undosos anates, Fusicasp palustres

This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: STRADANUS, Johannes / GALLE, Ph.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596

 


Sic inter dumos, pregrandi corpore cerus. - In pecus extrorquent dumeta per auia, acuto.

This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: STRADANUS, Johannes / GALLE, Ph.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596

 


The bird called 'Eeme' and other creatures of India.

Especially on the island of Java and in India, is found a strange bird, called an 'Eeme'. It is almost as large as an ostrich with strong and sturdy legs but it has no to...

$90 / ≈ €83
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598

 


Some of the animals that are found in India.

Although most elephants are found in Ethiopia, there are also many in India too. They are called 'Caffres' by the inhabitants and are slaughtered for their tusks, which t...

$100 / ≈ €92
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598

 


Virulus marinus. Cete (Whale and whaling scene)

Whale and whaling scene, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 1. The engraving is copied after Adrian Collaert pla...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 


Glaucus, Cantharus, Salpa, Rarus. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)

Depiction of Glaucus, Cantharus, Salpa, Rarus. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 12. The engraving is copi...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 


Faber piscis, Asellus minor, Conger, Alburinus. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)

Depiction of Faber piscis, Asellus minor, Conger, Alburinus. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 14. The eng...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 


Gladius piscis, Galeus piscis, Araneus, Mugil. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)

Depiction of Gladius piscis, Galeus piscis, Araneus, Mugil. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 15. The engr...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 


Le Roy de Navarra venant à Paris recheut le coup de cousteau au visaige par ung Pierre Chastel, lequel par quatre chevaulx fut tiré en pièces, faict le 27 de Decemb[re] l'an 1594.

Engraved news-sheet with text in German and French. Pictorial reportage on the failed assassination attempt on King Henri IV of France by Jean Châtel (here identified as...

$50 / ≈ €46
Maker / Publisher: HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1600

 


Geometria, from The Seven Liberal Arts.

A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by Johann Sadeler I after M. de Vos.

$750 / ≈ €688
Maker / Publisher: SADELER, J. / DE VOS, M.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1600

 


Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 5

Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tresrenomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou ...

$175 / ≈ €161
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605

 


[Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries. ]

Engraving depicting the use of the vanishing point. From Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instructi...

$125 / ≈ €115
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, P. / HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606

 


Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.

Engraving from Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale. by Paul Vredeman de Vries...

$150 / ≈ €138
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, P.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606

 


Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.

Engraving from Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale. by Paul Vredeman de Vries...

$150 / ≈ €138
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, P. / HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606

 


Figure 27 deuxieme partie a gauche.. [Hors riding].

This fabulous illustration depicts formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at the age of ...

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: PLUVINEL, A.de
Place & Date: Paris, 1629

 


Figure 38 troisieme partie. [Hors riding]

This fabulous illustration depicts formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at the age of ...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: PLUVINEL, A.de
Place & Date: Paris, 1629

 


Aliae Formae Citrati Limonis Alios Includentis.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646

 


Eadem Aurantia Dimidiata.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$275 / ≈ €252
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646

 


Vues du port de Llivourne. (set of 6 prints)

Sought-after complete suite of 6 engravings by S[tefano] Della Bella [1610-1664]. in a second state (of 2).Della Bella was born in Florence in 1610, and studied the art ...

$7500 / ≈ €6879
Maker / Publisher: BELLA, S.D.
Place & Date: 1654-1655

 


Tabula IV sequitur Farnesiana Posticus.

Ornamental representation of Temple St. Mariae in Rome by Petrus Aquila (1650-1692), after Annibale Carracci. Inscribed in the plate. "Petrus Aquila delin at sculp. ...

$500 / ≈ €459
Maker / Publisher: AQUILA, P.
Place & Date: Rome, 1660

 


P.les de Virginie.

Attractive copper engraving, depicting a couple of native people of Florida.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers, 1683. by Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1...

$120 / ≈ €110
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


(Ships on full sea)

A fine engraving of different sailing vessels at full sea.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706)...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


DU GLOBE TERRESTRE - Figure XC. 253

Finely engraved plate of various types of sailing ships.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), ...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: MALLET,A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


GALERE

Miniature view of a galley. From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), a well travelled military en...

$100 / ≈ €92
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


(Des Galeres - Shipping scene)

Miniature view of a vessel, showing the various types of sails. With key list in upper left corner.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 16...

$100 / ≈ €92
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


(Shipping)

Finely etched depiction of a vessel, with a lettered key. With explanatory text on verso.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By All...

$125 / ≈ €115
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


Abbild des sehr kleinen Männleins auß der Schweitz Hans Worrenberg genant, ist lang zwei Fuß und sieben zoll, alt 36 Jahr wie zu Hamburg Anno 1687 im Majo und Junio gesehen worden.

Engraving showing Hans Worrenberg, a dwarf of Switzerland at an age of 36 in the year of 1687. Worrenberg was actor and active in Hamburg 1687 and London 1688. The engrav...

$250 / ≈ €229
Maker / Publisher: VON WIERING, Th.
Place & Date: Hamburg, ca.1689

 


Saique batiment dont les turcs se servent. . .

A very decorative engraving of a Turkish vessel. From Mortier's famous maritime Atlas "Neptune François". Engraved by Jan van Vianen after a design by Henri Sb...

$2000 / ≈ €1834
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1690

 


La Basilica Vaticana consacrata al Principe de gli Apostoli . . .

Monumental engraving showing the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, in its setting, with below a coat of arms with dedication to Cardinal Sigismondo Chigi. Obili...

$2500 / ≈ €2293
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1693

 


Piazza e tempio di Santa Maria della Rotonda gia l'Antico Pantheon.

Monumental engraving showing the Pantheon in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Fountain in front, adjacent buildings and carriages and people ...

$2750 / ≈ €2522
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1693

 


Echelle pour trouver les jours de la semaine. . . / Scale om de Dagen van de Week te vinden. . . / Scale to find the Days of the Week. . .

Fine engraved plate showing eight different scales with explications in French, Dutch and English.Scale om de dagen van de week, de verschietende feest-dagen, de maan-tyd...

$400 / ≈ €367
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 


Coupe d'une galère avec ses proportions - Quille d'une Galere sur le chantier.

Fine double-page engraved plate of a cutaway of a standard late 17th-century French galley with a detailed legend of parts (in French). Below is a representation of the k...

$1500 / ≈ €1376
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 


Vaisseau du premier rang portant pavillon d'amiral.

Fine double-page engraved plate of a naval vessel, with the various parts of the ship numbered and identified. From Mortier's "Neptune François". From Mortier'...

$2000 / ≈ €1834
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 


Moris Beneficio Comendatus Tabaci usus. Der durch die Mode beliebt gemachteTaback

Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women smoking long-stemmed pipes around a table in front of a garden hedge. "Paulus Decker inv....

$350 / ≈ €321
Maker / Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700

 


[Concert at time of Handel] Dulcissimum Melos Bona Fama.

Copper-plate engraving of the rehearsal of a chamber cantata by Johann Christoph Steudner, after Paul Decker the elder, in the Handel-Haus, Halle. (Musikgeschichte in Bil...

$400 / ≈ €367
Maker / Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700

 


Lusus Lucrum Temporis Iactura.

Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women playing cards. "Paulus Decker inv. et del.; Ioh. Christoph Steudner sculp.; Mart. Engelbr...

$350 / ≈ €321
Maker / Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700

 


Prospetto dell'anfiteatro Flavio . . . / Prospetto di Tutto l'Anfiteatro intiero . . . / Pianta dell' divisa nelli suoi / Spaccato, e veduta interiore dell' Anfiteatro.

Monumental engraving showing the Colloseum in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Engraved and drawn by Alessandro Specchi (1668-1729), an engra...

$3000 / ≈ €2752
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G. / SPECCHI, A.
Place & Date: Rome, 1703

 


Johannes Curolus Eckenberg . . .

Rare portrait of Johannes Curolus Eckenberg, engraved by Johann Benjamin Brühl (1691–1763). In the center a half portrait, surrounded by nine small, numbered performan...

$400 / ≈ €367
Maker / Publisher: BRÜHL, J.B.
Place & Date: Leipzig, ca. 1718

 


Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio. . .

Stunning engraving of Homann's terrestrial and celestial globes and armillary sphere, all with highly ornamented stands. Brief explanatory text.Johann Baptist Homann born...

$900 / ≈ €826
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN, J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1740

 


Vue du village de Maarsen en Hollande.

Showing the river Vecht at the town of Maarsen. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. I...

$150 / ≈ €138
Maker / Publisher: CHEREAU, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750

 


Per telecopium exhibitio partis inferioris armamentarii. / Representation en perspective de la partie inferieure d'un arsenal. . .

RARE. Engraved optical print by Georg Balthasar Probst of a arsenal.

$300 / ≈ €275
Maker / Publisher: PROBST, G.B.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750

 


Vue perspective edu fauxbourg et du port de Scheveningue a une lieue de la Haye, en Hollande.

Optical print showing the village and harbor of Scheveningen with the church at the right, in the background the North Sea. In the background the summer residence Nieuw S...

$250 / ≈ €229
Maker / Publisher: CHEREAU, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750

 


[Set of 3 optical prints] Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.

An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints establis...

$1000 / ≈ €917
Maker / Publisher: ACADEMIE IMPERIALE
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750

 


Vue du village de Maarsen en Hollande.

Showing the river Vecht at the town of Maarsen. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. I...

$225 / ≈ €206
Maker / Publisher: CHEREAU, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750

 


Vue générale d'Amsterdam.

A so-called optical prints, showing Amsterdam seen from the IJ. A lively scene with extensive shipping. To the left the headquarters of the V.O.C., nowadays the Maritime ...

$225 / ≈ €206
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARD
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750

 


Porte de Harlem (Heemstede/Haarlem)

Showing the Haarlemmer Poort (gate) in Heemstede near Haarlem. Likely published by Mondhard, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Marti...

$125 / ≈ €115
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARD
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750

 


A view of Amsterdam taken from the Old Rampart.

So-called optical print of Amsterdam, published by Jean Mondhare after a print by Laurie and Wtitle. With captions in English and French above and belowIn the eighteenth ...

$150 / ≈ €138
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1760

 


A view of the Gerzay near Iside part. / Vue du port et rade de Gerzay.

A fanciful depiction of the port of Jersey. Engraved by the French engraver Paul Angier after a design by P.Brookes and published by Robert Sayer of London, a well-known ...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: SAYER, R.
Place & Date: London, ca. 1760

 


Vüe Perspective du Pont neuf construit sur la tamise a Hampton-Court.

So-called optical print illustrating a bridge on the river Thames at Hampton-Court.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establish...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: HUQUIER
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


La Feste du Poids au Mogol qui se célebre chez ses Peuples avec grande vénération.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of a square in Mongolia.Mondhare, active at rue St.Jacques a l'Hotel Saumur, was a well-known publisher of optical...

$175 / ≈ €161
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


Place de l'Eglise de St.Marc et la grande Place terminee. . .

So-called optical print of St.Marco church in Venice.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and L...

$90 / ≈ €83
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


Vue perspective de la grande Ceremonie du Couronnement de l'Empereur de la Chine.

So-called optical print illustrating the crowning of the Chinese emperor. It shows the throne at the center.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...

$450 / ≈ €413
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE
Place & Date: Paris, 1761

 


Réjouissances du Peuple près de la Pyramide d'Illumination, élévée sur l'Esplanade de la Porte de Mars et Distribution de Vivres, fontaines de Vin , sous les Ordres de Mrs. Du Conseil de la Ville, à Reims le 27 Aoust 1765.

Engraved by Varin after Moreau Jr. The print shows a lightning spectacle held in Reims on 27 August 1765.

$750 / ≈ €688
Maker / Publisher: MOREAU LE JEUNE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1771

 


Chirurgie, plate XII

Showing medical chair and physician at work from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it...

$200 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: DIDEROT,D.
Place & Date: Paris 1779

 


Une Kirguisiene par devant. [together with] Une Kirguisienne par derriere.

Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate showing two natives of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and the Medit...

$52 / ≈ €48
Maker / Publisher: ROTH, Ch. M.
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780

 


MARS Rejouissances du Papeguay. Les Triomphes d'un conquerant

Etching published by Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805) with address of rue St.Jacques au Globe. He is also known for his output of wall maps and atlases.

$75 / ≈ €69
Maker / Publisher: DESNOS, L. Ch.
Place & Date: Paris, 1782

 


Dutchman and a Maruyama prostitute.

An explicit scene of a Dutchman and a Maruyama prostitute featuring a gray-bearded westerner coupling with a courtesan. The woman protests that she doesn't understand wha...

$7500 / ≈ €6879
Maker / Publisher: CHOKOSAI EISHO
Place & Date: Late Edo, 1790

 


Huile de Calamite.

Oil to heal all ailments, only distributed by François Giramo, who alone owns the secret. Surrounded by a decorative border and the Royal coat-of-arms.With privilege of ...

$120 / ≈ €110
Maker / Publisher: Broad sheet advertising poster.
Place & Date: France, c.1790

 


Le Curieux.

A risqué but delightful French engraving produced in the late eighteenth century. It is simply titled The Curious, and shows a young lady lying on her side on a divan, w...

$125 / ≈ €115
Maker / Publisher: BAUDOUIN / MALEUVRE.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1790

 


Chêne commun.

Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après nature. . . receuil ...

$400 / ≈ €367
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1800

 


Seringat odorant. Philadelphus coronarius. L.

Bouquet of Seringats. A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fle...

$400 / ≈ €367
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1800

 


Mufle de veau. Antirrhinum majus L.

Bouquet of Common Snapdragons, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessiné...

$500 / ≈ €459
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


Reine-Marguerite. Aster chinensis. L.

A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'aprè...

$400 / ≈ €367
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1800